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Focused Hillary Read 3 minutes
“For African
Americans, implicit bias can be deadly.
It’s time to address it.
This is a national
priority.
It was a watershed moment.
During Monday night’s
presidential debate, Hillary was asked if police officers have
implicit biases. Her response and acknowledgement confirmed what so
many communities of color feel every day: that implicit bias is a
“problem for everyone—not just police.”
“I think, unfortunately,
too many of us in our great country jump to conclusions about each
other, and therefore, I think we need all of us to be asking hard
questions about, ‘why am I feeling this way?’”
Hillary suggested on
stage.
The first female
presidential nominee of a major political party addressed an
urgent—and often, deeply concealed—issue affecting African
Americans in this country: That race still poses a “significant
challenge” in the U.S. for many people of color, including in our
education and criminal justice systems.
What Hillary spoke about
is known all too well to her friend Maria Hamilton, who spoke
about this topic at the DNC this year. For Maria, this issue is
personal.
In 2014, her son Dontre
Hamilton was approached by police officers while sleeping in a
Milwaukee park. Dontre was unarmed, but was shot 14 times during the
encounter.
“They can’t tell me
why my child died that day,” Maria said during a roundtable
discussion in North Carolina last week, still frustrated as she
recalled the moment she found out her son was dead. She implored
those in attendance to demand answers about the black men, women and
children who are killed in police incidents and by gun violence in
our communities.
“And y’all ain’t
mad? Y’all ain’t upset? Ya’ll ain’t felt this yet—welcome
to my club.”
The club Maria speaks of
is one she never wanted to join—one that no mother wants to belong
to. Since losing her son Dontre, she has met countless other mothers
who have lost their children to gun violence, or during incidents
involving law enforcement.
She, along with Gwen Carr,
the mother of Eric Garner, Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra
Bland, Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, and Lucy McBath,
the mother of Jordan Davis, are known as the Mothers of the Movement.
Their children’s deaths
have sparked nationwide protests and have raised questions about
implicit bias and the excessive use of force.
… The Mothers of the
Movement hit the campaign trail together this week to advocate for
justice reform and draw attention to reforms we must make to rebuild
trust between police officers and communities.
Last year, unarmed black
people were killed at four times the rate of unarmed white people,
according to data collected by the Guardian.
It’s disturbing figures
like these that not only compel the Mothers of the Movement to tell
their stories and advocate for reform, but also work to elect Hillary
in November. She has made criminal justice reform a bedrock issue in
her campaign.
… The matter is complex
and we don’t have all the answers, but during last night’s
debate, Hillary proposed solutions and has detailed a plan
to build trust between police and the communities they
serve. … “
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